Undocumented youths apply for work permits

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Rigoberto Barboza, left, of La Puente takes notes as he waits to fill out paperwork at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. He says he is a attending college and has been in the U.S. since age 11.

Rigoberto Barboza, left, of La Puente takes notes as he waits to fill out paperwork at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. He says he is a attending college and has been in the U.S. since age 11. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

UCLA student Justino Mora, 23, center, in red shirt, walks through the crowd as hundreds of young immigrants line up Wednesday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Mora is the student leader of the California Dream Network.

UCLA student Justino Mora, 23, center, in red shirt, walks through the crowd as hundreds of young immigrants line up Wednesday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Mora is the student leader of the California Dream Network. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Thousands of immigrants lined up to apply for work permits and a reprieve from deportation on the first day of the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Read the story.